Gardena Serra students, faculty and parents received sad news on Friday that longtime boys' basketball Coach Dwan Hurt died in his sleep, football Coach Scott Altenberg said. Hurt was 53. "I've worked with him for 23 years," Altenberg said. "It's a huge loss to everyone." Hurt, who also served...

A Redondo Beach police officer was injured and a suspect was struck by gunfire Tuesday morning in a shooting outside a hotel in Lawndale, authorities said. Few details were released about the shooting, which occurred about 10:20 a.m. in the 15000 block of Hawthorne Boulevard outside the Best Western...

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LAX may have upgraded its in-terminal food offerings, but the restaurants ringing the airport still provide better, more diverse, and cheaper ways to fuel up before or after flying into the city. Here are 10 places to eat within 5 miles of Lot C, rental car returns and the gates. Listed alphabetically,...

You may have noticed a slight shift in the atmosphere. Maybe a little feeling of giddiness when you woke up this morning? You're not imagining things. It's officially Girl Scout cookie season. To celebrate, Grimaldi's Pizzeria in El Segundo is attempting to show the masses that Girl Scout cookies...

Love 'em or hate 'em, the popularity of India Pale Ales in Southern California cannot be denied, and there are more choices than ever for hop-forward IPAs from Los Angeles breweries. Forget the big names from San Diego, here are some new IPAs (and one classic) from local breweries that deserve...

Name of restaurant: Grimaldi's Coal Brick-Oven Pizza What dish represents the restaurant, and why? The pizza -- could it be L.A.'s best New York pizza? Possibly! It's baked in a coal-fired oven that reaches 1,000 degrees and comes out a hot, bubbling, delicious mess. It’s pizza with topography:...

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The Southern California high school basketball scene has lost one of its best coaches to the college ranks. Reggie Morris Jr., who coached Russell Westbrook at Leuzinger and then built Redondo into a powerhouse program in his four seasons as coach, has resigned to become an assistant coach at Loyola...

This open-concept contemporary in Westchester is designed with a crisp modern interior that invites in natural light while affording plenty of wall space for art. Glass pocket doors retract for seamless indoor-outdoor living, connecting a gourmet kitchen and two-story great room to an outdoor teak...

Florida has its Burmese pythons, Louisiana has its beaver-like nutria, and Rancho Palos Verdes has its peacocks. Each of the communities has struggled with a non-native — some would even say invasive — species. In Florida, the snakes have led to large declines in raccoons, rabbits and bobcats,...

In 1954, Dwight D. Eisenhower was in his first term as president, Willie Mays made The Catch, “Mr. Sandman” was on the radio — and a house that became a favorite hangout for Hollywood elite was built on Pamela Drive. The property had been part of a larger estate belonging to silent-film comic Buster...

Days ahead of what is expected to be Southern California’s most heavily traveled Memorial Day weekend in a decade, a software issue with air traffic control grounded flights headed for Los Angeles on Thursday morning. The issue kept all Los Angeles International Airport-bound flights from airports...